Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-04-04
State News items.

Henry ID GilIett. aged NV .ntv-nine.
was killed Saturday by piece of board
thrown nv "a circulars in his mill at
Hartford.
Sutton, but now a manufacturer in Troy,
n Y. has sold the right To manufacture
his patent match to persons in London +,
England, for $500, 600
General Wells of Burlington, president
of the Vermont Soldiers Home, saws that
the buildings on the Park place in Ben
nington will be ready for occupancy by
May l. Some twenty old soldiers have
thus far applied for admission Co the
home.
Daniel Wall the Burlington officer who
disgraced himself 10y trying {" escort m
intoxicated man through the streets to
jail when he was himself III candidate
for a cell from the same cause, was ar
raigned in the City Court He pleaded
guilty and was fined s. and costs.
J. C. Waller, lately chief cook at the
Van Ness House, Burlington, has left
for Africa, where he has been engaged
As steward aud cook upon the steamer,
''Annie Taylor" which will ply the wa
tiers of the Upper Congo river in the in
terest> of Bishop TaylOr's missionary
work in that land. Mr.. Waller is accom-
panied by his wife.
Mrs. John TraverS of Rutland fell into
East creek recently, and was carried
down stream a distance of five rods,
where she became lodged in some ice.
Two young men saw her, plunged into
the water, and rescued her in an uncon-
scious condition. After rubbing and
warm applications, she was brought back
to consciousness.
Edward Bell of Wilmington left home
last week 10 attend the funeral of mis-
grandfather, at Brooklyn, y. Y, and on
his return stopped at HOoSac Tunnel,
Mass, where he shot himself in the ho
tel. He was about 80 years old, possess
ed of a liberal education and means was
u prominent Mason and had held several
village offices. He leaves Il widow aud
one child.
Freight business is booming. One
cause of this is said 10 be the interstate
commerce bill, which will go into effect
in this section April +. The mnnufdctur-
ing concerns and marble companies are
ordering cars for western shipment of
goods and are sending as much material
A. thaV "a h..f,AFa he len tai yal afftaPt
Que firm in town ordered, over two weeks
ago, some West Shore cars, and they
have not arrived yet. The railroad com
plnies cannot begin to supply the demand
for cars, and still the freight-vard has
been blocked almost every day for the
last ten d lys.-Ratldnd Herald.
The new temperance textbooks, fur
nished at the expense of the state to the
children of the public schools, are now
being distributed under the direction of
The estimates called for 48 900 copies of
the Pathfinder series, including "Steele ;
Hygienic Physiology which were sup
piled by A. S. Barnes & Co. Some $4,000
copies Of Brands Physiology published
by Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, were also
ordered by the state authorities. These
books will be ready for use in the schools
at the coming spring term. The commits
sioners estimated that 10000 children at
tend public schools, and that of this num-
Der 10000 OF the Younger children will
depend upon oral instruction, leaving
sc, 900 to be supplied with books.
William A. Snow shot CHARLES Ashley
Thursday evening about 8 O'Clock, near
the Ludlow station. The ball which
struck Ashley's left breast was extracted
by DR.. Lane, and the wound will not
prove serious. The occasion of the
shooting was the alleged intimacy of
Snow with Ashley's wife. Last fall Ash
ley went to Canada for several weeks and
Snow at this time was boar,ler in Ash
ley's family. Upon Ashley'S return, he
says that Snow had allenated his wife's
affections. On Thursday Mrs. Ashley
took what goods she desired and went
to the home of Mrs. BlOdgett, sister of
Snow. Ashley went to Mrs Bludgetts
to see his 10 yearS-Old son, but was de- /
MED admission by Snow and went away.
A little later the parties met ut the sta
ton and Ashley was shot by Snow. Snow
was arrested and lodged in Jail.